David Thomas (22) (1945–)

LOC:  Lectr. in Community Work, National Institute for Social Work

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THOMAS, DAVID N.

David ThomasDavid grew up in Pontarddulais and Port Talbot. After trials with Swansea Town and Cardiff City, he settled for Oxford and the LSE before working in community development in London. Having worked in academia and as a senior manager, David is now a freelance writer and researcher. He is married to the poet Stevie Krayer and lives in Ciliau Aeron. David has published widely, including ten books on the development of communities. He lectures in a number of European countries, and has been a Council of Europe Fellow. He has also published widely on the life of Dylan Thomas, and sold the film rights for his first Dylan book, A Farm, Two Mansions and a Bungalow (Seren, 2000), in 2003 to the producers of the recent film ‘The Edge of Love’.

Selected Publications:
Organizing for Social Change: Study in the Theory and Practice of Community Work (Allen & Unwin, 1977)
The Making of Community Work (Allen and Unwin, 1983)
White Bolts, Black Locks: Participation in the Inner City (Allen and Unwin, 1986)
Oil on Troubled Waters: the Gulbenkian Foundation and Social Welfare (DSC, 1996)
Dylan Thomas: A Farm, Two Mansions and a Bungalow (Seren, 2000)
The Dylan Thomas Murders (Seren, 2002)
The Dylan Thomas Trail (Y Lolfa, 2002)
Dylan Remembered - Volume 1: 1913-1934 (Seren, 2003)
Dylan Remembered - Volume 2: 1935-1953 (Seren, 2004)
Fatal Neglect: Who Killed Dylan Thomas? (Seren, 2008)

Contributed to:
Community Work: Learning and Supervision (co-editor) (Allen & Unwin, 1977)
The Boundaries of Change in Community Work (co-editor) (Allen and Unwin, 1980)
Skills in Neighbourhood Work (co-writer) (Allen and Unwin 1980, 1987, 2002 with Dutch, French, Slovak and Croatian translations)
Readings in Community Work (co-editor) (Allen and Unwin, 1981)
Community Work in the Eighties (co-editor) (National Institute For Social Work, 1983)